Puzzle Time

Uncle Mark, Aunt Lori and Sydnee sent Max some super cool puzzles for his birthday (oh and yes, another little "Lightming Queen"). While putting the puzzle seemed like a good idea to Max, he quickly got distracted with various other items (Buzz and Woody) and left me to fend for myself. This puzzle is about the size of Max and it would seem that the bigger pieces would make it easier but it took me 45 minutes to put it together. I think we'll frame it now since it's done and just put it up in his room.

Birthday Video

Todd did a wonderful job on putting together a video of Max's third birthday. I've added the link below under special links if you have 8 minutes to check it out. It's super cute!

Birthday Party

Max had a great birthday party surrounded by his entire family (mostly) and a few friends. He wanted a Cars birthday party and that's what he got. We had the Jigglebug Express come by for entertainment and it was perfect for the little one and big kids (I'll refrain from posting those pictures). He has loved playing with all of his new toys and daddy and mommy love that we have a ton of new books to read now!

The Birthday Boy

What a rainy, yucky, cold day for Max's birthday. Hopefully it's brighter tomorrow for his birthday party. We spent the morning at MOPS (he was dressed for a flood) and then came home and while he napped, Sarah K. and I decorated his birthday cake.
Didn't go quite as planned but I improvised. I'm pretty proud of it. Thank you Sarah!

Happy Birthday Max!

What a way to start the day...I got to wake up with Max in his bed. He woke up at 3:00 a.m. this morning and was crying and screaming for "momma, momma, momma". I let it go for 30 minutes and finally gave up. I crawled in his bed (did I mention it's less than a twin size basically with a side rail!!) and accidentally fell back asleep. But, he was very sweet this morning and whispered "Momma, it's up time!"

Making a birthday cake - Part 1

I started Max's birthday cakes today. It's going to be a 4 step process but the cakes are almost done. Max helped me out by cracking eggs, dumping and mixing. In the end, he just wanted the beater which ended up all over him and the counter and we lost an egg in the "dumping" process but he's super excited about his "Lightning McQueen" birthday cake. Those pictures to follow tomorrow.

Meltdown at HEB

Max didn't get what he wanted this morning at the store and I couldn't resist taking his picture. Yes, that arm behind his head was coming forward with a punch to knock the phone out of my hand. I won though.